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i think all of us are doing that. given the time scale of climate change, it is the business and government that needs to leave here. business is doing that already. this is an economic opportunity. it is an economic problem, first and foremost. the longer we wait, theof the more this will cost. >> is that true? assuming we make the investments so that we have scaled up renewable energy your carbon capture -- or carbon capture, is this the only way necessarily to think about it? >> it will be harder to bring them down. 70% of the emission reductions that are needed by 2020, we have the technology to do it. it is increasing energy efficiency. it is increasing our use of low- carb and energy -- low-carb and on energy. we could put building codes in place. we could put in a plant codes. -- we could put in appliance) china is doing it for -- we could put in applianced code co. >> is this a great green business opportunity? is that your sense of this? >> there is a lot of money to be made. there was also a lot of money mad
i think all of us are doing that. given the time scale of climate change, it is the business and government that needs to leave here. business is doing that already. this is an economic opportunity. it is an economic problem, first and foremost. the longer we wait, theof the more this will cost. >> is that true? assuming we make the investments so that we have scaled up renewable energy your carbon capture -- or carbon capture, is this the only way necessarily to think about it? >>...
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faith that leads us to a commitment that is greater to us as individuals. hope. any of us who is without hope is most at risk. growth. that potential for claming postiming growth. if everyone of our front-line leaders, those nco's, those troops, if they knew the answer is about each of their troops, if we knew the answers about our family members and leaders and ourselves and how to engage each other in a meaningful and productive dialogue, perhaps we would be a step further away from the terminal signs of hopelessness and despair. that is our challenge. this is not business as usual. for as much as we have to learn, as much as we already know, we know that preventing suicide is first and foremost a public health and challenge. -- a public health challenge. at the center of our attention, the health and well-being of our warriors, our veterans, and yes, our families, those who are courageous enough to love us, but it goes on from there. we must build peer to peer support networks. we must build brazilian families and communities. safe leaders. -- we must build fa
faith that leads us to a commitment that is greater to us as individuals. hope. any of us who is without hope is most at risk. growth. that potential for claming postiming growth. if everyone of our front-line leaders, those nco's, those troops, if they knew the answer is about each of their troops, if we knew the answers about our family members and leaders and ourselves and how to engage each other in a meaningful and productive dialogue, perhaps we would be a step further away from the...
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us stay. our officials and the afghan officials are countering this by pointing out statements made by the secretary of defense and by members of the administration than we are there for a long- term strategic partnership. usaid is there big time, helping as after the clearing and holding and to show them we want a long-term strategic partnership. we are building to consulate -- two consulates to show the we do not intend to leave. it is a problem certainly politically for us with the 2011 date. by the same token, our generals are good people. they understand the chain of command. the work for the secretary of defense and the president of the united states. they are following their decision with regard to capture enemy combatants. as the minority leader said, when asked the question of an " what do we do with captured enemy combatants?" it was clear that the answer was confusion and uncertainty on the part of our troops and the afghan security forces. that is something that we will have to be
us stay. our officials and the afghan officials are countering this by pointing out statements made by the secretary of defense and by members of the administration than we are there for a long- term strategic partnership. usaid is there big time, helping as after the clearing and holding and to show them we want a long-term strategic partnership. we are building to consulate -- two consulates to show the we do not intend to leave. it is a problem certainly politically for us with the 2011...
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us. i remember on that very first day, he told us that he would work for more proactive and balanced stewardship to protect our national parks and open spaces, restore our nation's rivers, resolve our water supply challenges, and address the challenges faced by our native american communities. is he a true to his word or what? [applause] he also told us that our department would be leading the way in changing america's. we're doing just that. it is an inspiration to walk in here every day and work with all of you on the issues that are so important to all americans. it is an inspiration and honor every day to work for secretary salazar and serve the president. thank you mr. secretary for the opportunity to be here with you. [applause] >> thank you, laura. we have had a great 2009 and we are fired up and ready to go for 2010. i am fired up. are you? [applause] come on. [applause] our work truly has just begun. i want to say at the outset that it would not have battled been possible to do t
us. i remember on that very first day, he told us that he would work for more proactive and balanced stewardship to protect our national parks and open spaces, restore our nation's rivers, resolve our water supply challenges, and address the challenges faced by our native american communities. is he a true to his word or what? [applause] he also told us that our department would be leading the way in changing america's. we're doing just that. it is an inspiration to walk in here every day and...
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to rely on us. the question is whether we will lose data to the wrong people. your question comes about because you do not trust us to be affected managers of what we're doing, right? we are not. we have given you lots of examples of why we are not. think about it. do we share information with the royal navy? yes. do you worry about that? do you worry about it? >> [unintelligible] çó>> all i want you to do is gea balanced source of news. i listen to fox, too. butñr you have to balance the source of news that you get to give perspective. fox is not right all the time and neither is bill o'reilly and neither are a lot of them, but neither is the other side. here's what i do every day just so you will know. i read "the washington post" and in " the washington journal." i didn't think we have given up any sovereignty in our agreement with interpol. we have gone to the point where -- we were alienated -- where are first judgment is to doubt whether or not to have confidence. we need to turn that aroun
to rely on us. the question is whether we will lose data to the wrong people. your question comes about because you do not trust us to be affected managers of what we're doing, right? we are not. we have given you lots of examples of why we are not. think about it. do we share information with the royal navy? yes. do you worry about that? do you worry about it? >> [unintelligible] çó>> all i want you to do is gea balanced source of news. i listen to fox, too. butñr you have to...
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it uses the ambient light in theater. the only drawback is that they can be kind of heavy after four or five hours. it is similar to that on a guy's head. this allows you to use any kind of light on the ground, any gunfire, tracers, anything like that. allows you to see what is going on down the ground. >> deal ever get a chance to interact with people on the ground? >> absolutely. we get rest and recuperation, all we will come back here to baraki barak -- bagram. we can get feedback and get help to do it better next time. it is very rewarding. >> sometimes we just search location and it is slow pace. and then other times things picked up. it is five hours of boredom and 5 minutes of terror, i guess you could say. our guys were looking at a location and there are taking small arms fire from the hills. they are trying to get out of those locations to not get shot. they had to drop the bomb on a hillside to stop the firing. once the bomb hit, any activity ceased and they are able to get out a bit. it was a very rewarding mi
it uses the ambient light in theater. the only drawback is that they can be kind of heavy after four or five hours. it is similar to that on a guy's head. this allows you to use any kind of light on the ground, any gunfire, tracers, anything like that. allows you to see what is going on down the ground. >> deal ever get a chance to interact with people on the ground? >> absolutely. we get rest and recuperation, all we will come back here to baraki barak -- bagram. we can get...
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worked with us. -- friendship of everybody who has worked with us. i want to thank those who was with us here on sunday. he just called me. he said that we cannot win them all. he knows better than anyone. he appreciates what i did and what you did and he extends his heartfelt thanks. as i know from losing a campaign several years ago, i feel very strongly about that if you do not run you cannot win. you do not always win all the time. they put in our best efforts. sometimes it is more important to travel far than to arrive. [applause] we will continue to travel. i know that. i know that many of you had the pleasure of seeing president clinton as he was on the campaign trail. i want to thank him. i need to send my thanks to vicki kennedy who campaigned with me all weekend. she was the source of dignity and grace and humor. she gave me a good tip. she said i'm telling my saidted -- i am channeling my knee inn ted. -- i am channeling my inner ted. much love to her and her family in this endeavor. this is the deal. although our campaign and tonight, we
worked with us. -- friendship of everybody who has worked with us. i want to thank those who was with us here on sunday. he just called me. he said that we cannot win them all. he knows better than anyone. he appreciates what i did and what you did and he extends his heartfelt thanks. as i know from losing a campaign several years ago, i feel very strongly about that if you do not run you cannot win. you do not always win all the time. they put in our best efforts. sometimes it is more...
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bridgett more difficult for us to check it. -- more difficult for us to check it. [unintelligible] we have a good idea of how to stop guys trying to blow up a plan over detroit. the technology is there. we need to make sure that the people who need to use the technology can use it properly. and we do to help? >> thanks for your comments. i think there will be budget implications. my view is, and i want to go back to a point that the senator asked me, the privacy vs. security issues that kids raised in connection with a whole body scanners. we do look at privacy issues from the get go. ultimately, the question is, what do we need to do to protect the security of the flying public even at the take to deal with privacy. security is the number one concern. one thing that this committee and the congress can't do in addition to that is setting public expectation. we are doing and will continue to do everything we can do to prevent this kind of yvette from ever happening again. from whatever source anywhere around the world, there is no one silver bullet. yes we can push
bridgett more difficult for us to check it. -- more difficult for us to check it. [unintelligible] we have a good idea of how to stop guys trying to blow up a plan over detroit. the technology is there. we need to make sure that the people who need to use the technology can use it properly. and we do to help? >> thanks for your comments. i think there will be budget implications. my view is, and i want to go back to a point that the senator asked me, the privacy vs. security issues that...
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it is a great victory for us. i know it has been agonizing for us waiting for this decision, but it is an amazing thing to have lived through it for years, and to be told by the bureaucrats at the federal elections commission you cannot do that. you have no first amendment rights, and i think today is a wonderful day to tell the folks at the federal elections commission that they work for the people and the people do not work for them, so i am really honored with this outcome. it is a tremendous victory for the first amendment and for our organization, and thank you very much. i am happy to take any questions. >> [inaudible] the corporate offices have the same rights as people? >> i do not know exactly what the opinion says just yet, but it is a great day for every person in america -- whether you own stock in a company, whether you run a mom-and-pop grocery store, and by the way, when we put in those several thousand dollars in corporate contributions that this case ended of ending on, they were just like that. t
it is a great victory for us. i know it has been agonizing for us waiting for this decision, but it is an amazing thing to have lived through it for years, and to be told by the bureaucrats at the federal elections commission you cannot do that. you have no first amendment rights, and i think today is a wonderful day to tell the folks at the federal elections commission that they work for the people and the people do not work for them, so i am really honored with this outcome. it is a...
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no one would lend it to us. the interest rates we would have to pay would sink our economy and mean that we were putting most of our tax dollars into debt service. why am i confident that we might succeed in this endeavor tax is partly because, actually, if you look at what needs to be changed, rather small changes in the un member of things -- in a number of things, spending and tax programs, phased in over time can solve this problem. we are a productive, growing economy. this is not a problem that is unique to us. it is largely caused by the fact that we have an aging population and of rising cost of medical care so that our medical commitments and our pension commitments will grow faster than the economy and faster than taxes at any feasible rate of taxation. so we have to do something about this. but, the japanese have the worst problem. they are aging faster than we are. the europeans are aging faster than we are. many of them have taken drastic steps. we have not had to face this problem because we were l
no one would lend it to us. the interest rates we would have to pay would sink our economy and mean that we were putting most of our tax dollars into debt service. why am i confident that we might succeed in this endeavor tax is partly because, actually, if you look at what needs to be changed, rather small changes in the un member of things -- in a number of things, spending and tax programs, phased in over time can solve this problem. we are a productive, growing economy. this is not a...
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they remind us, let's look. they remind us, let's look. or are they developing@@@@@@raáv deepen our commitment to ensuring al qaeda cannot exploit those territories for attacks on our homeland. then just a couple matters that are left over from our report. we have talked a number of times about balancing the need between civil liberties and national security, and we have to get that balance right. ties and national security. we have to get that balance right. it is absolutely important. we recommend a civil liberties and board located in the white house which would look at the implications, whatever laws are passed come from a civil liberties. of view. the board was staffed in 2006. congress further strengthen it in 2007. we have an independent agency outside the white house. the board held numerous sessions with the fbi director among others, on terror surveillance, and other topics. çbut the board has disappeared. it has been dormant since that time. we have now a massive capacity in this country to develop data on individuals. the bo
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it blows up everything to how often they were in use. . you use anything in the speech. click on 'am", and it continues this sentence. wordle.net. >> tomorrow during "washington journal," a chance for you to weigh and for the president's speech and reaction from capitol hill. jeb and selling from taxes -- hebserling from texas. we will take another couple of reporters. a republican from california and a democrat from california, all tomorrow on "washington journal." up next, we want to rebroadcast the president's speech. it runs for one hour and 10 minutes from the house of representatives chamber. and then again the response from gov. bob mcdonnell. the sergeant at arms: madam speaker, the president of the united states. the president: thank you, thank you, thank you. the speaker: members of congress i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. the president: thank you, thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank
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they are not enamored with us. they have seen with the other teams will do. >> you said that you favor bipartisan legislation. do you think that the irresponsibility of the majority, the only way they can get it is to get the minority? >> there are 59 democrats in the senate and 41 republicans. in the house, the democrat majority is 40 seats larger than the minority. the only bipartisan opposition to the job killing agenda are republicans and moderate democrats were saying, no, stop. they do not need us to pass legislation there has been no outreach of year. i want to sit down and try to address the problems that we have. i know my principles are. i am not going to sacrifice my principles by sitting down and negotiating. i am willing to sit down and work with them. b>> there are a majority of elements. >> i will not vote for a bill that raises taxes. i will not vote for a bill lakers decided government. i will not vote for a bill that this government -- put his government in control of the decisions american should
they are not enamored with us. they have seen with the other teams will do. >> you said that you favor bipartisan legislation. do you think that the irresponsibility of the majority, the only way they can get it is to get the minority? >> there are 59 democrats in the senate and 41 republicans. in the house, the democrat majority is 40 seats larger than the minority. the only bipartisan opposition to the job killing agenda are republicans and moderate democrats were saying, no,...
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>> thank you for joining us. as you said in your state of the union address, jobs and the economy are number one. Ñiçói agree with you on that. Ñii represent their state of wet virginia. we have a lot of coal and a lot of natural gas. my miners and the folks that are working and those are -- who are unemployed are very concerned by your policies in these areas, cap and trade, an aggressive epa, and the looming prospect of higher taxes. ñrin our minds, these are job killing policies. i'm asking you if you would be willing to add some of these policies with the highest unemployment and the ensure economy that we have now, to assure west virginians that you are listening. >> i listen all the time including to your governor who is somebody who i enjoyed working with a lot before the campaign and now that i am president. know that the west virgin -- that west virginia struggles with unemployment and i know how important coal is to estrogen and a lot of our natural resources there. that is part of the reason i hav
>> thank you for joining us. as you said in your state of the union address, jobs and the economy are number one. Ñiçói agree with you on that. Ñii represent their state of wet virginia. we have a lot of coal and a lot of natural gas. my miners and the folks that are working and those are -- who are unemployed are very concerned by your policies in these areas, cap and trade, an aggressive epa, and the looming prospect of higher taxes. ñrin our minds, these are job killing policies....
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you can send us an e-mail or tweet us at . next phone call. caller: i think our president is doing very well. if we wanted joe biden as president, he would be president. i like the idea that our president is intelligent. he is not a puppet, like the last eight years. i think he is doing what he is supposed to be doing. host: james traub? guest: i guess i would agree in general. he believes he could be a good president. i believe this is almost a desirable alternative. he is a very knowledgeable bright guy. i do not think he has those qualities of character. i do not mean to say that he has no character at all that americans look to have as their president. i think obama for all the mistakes he has made, has proved that people have a deep sense of comfort up and we did with him as a person. biden is more of a hyperactive person. -- deep sense of comfort with him, as a person. host: franklin, new hampshire. caller: mr. traub i know you denounced the history of vice- president cheney, and you believe that he was just awful. if you would be kind e
you can send us an e-mail or tweet us at . next phone call. caller: i think our president is doing very well. if we wanted joe biden as president, he would be president. i like the idea that our president is intelligent. he is not a puppet, like the last eight years. i think he is doing what he is supposed to be doing. host: james traub? guest: i guess i would agree in general. he believes he could be a good president. i believe this is almost a desirable alternative. he is a very knowledgeable...
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none of us know about it. until you do it, you will not know the types of the variables that will matter. a lot of focus on the financing model, we wonder what that is about. if you get below the financing and talk about what that 24 hours is like for an individual or what it is like for that individual who significantly has something on the autism spectrum. what is it like for them when they cannot get a fair cuts. when you get below the financing, you have to think about what it is like. i think people get the little they afraid of that. can you keep a meaningful benefit and keep it solvent long term? that is what we want. adverse selection, you are going to cover everybody? we are going to have episcopal big enough to enjoy that. we do not have the overnight -- overhead cost for this. there are things that you do not need to do. it attracts the middle-class population because we had the financing peace. we had to get the money for the premium. one population is kids in college. one was to make sure we do so
none of us know about it. until you do it, you will not know the types of the variables that will matter. a lot of focus on the financing model, we wonder what that is about. if you get below the financing and talk about what that 24 hours is like for an individual or what it is like for that individual who significantly has something on the autism spectrum. what is it like for them when they cannot get a fair cuts. when you get below the financing, you have to think about what it is like. i...
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none of us is irreplaceable. none of us are indispensable. this is think otherwise a dangerous. the work to make our nation a more perfect union began long before i was elected to the senate. it will go on long after i am gone. our country is a work in progress. i am confident it always will be. that is what i thought about as i stood on that hillside in arlington on christmas eve morning. that is what i talked about with jackie over this holiday season. that is how i came to the conclusion that the long see the american history there are moments for each elected public official to step aside and let someone else to step up. this is my moment to step aside. there will be time to reflect a more details on the years i have spent some public service. there will be time to celebrate victories and more and setbacks, a share last and memories and to gain profusely the talented, tireless, and numerous others, many of them are here today to lead made by senate work possible. that time is not now. i still have one year left of the contract. one year from this week, our state will have a
none of us is irreplaceable. none of us are indispensable. this is think otherwise a dangerous. the work to make our nation a more perfect union began long before i was elected to the senate. it will go on long after i am gone. our country is a work in progress. i am confident it always will be. that is what i thought about as i stood on that hillside in arlington on christmas eve morning. that is what i talked about with jackie over this holiday season. that is how i came to the conclusion...
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and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in fact, this particular person was not trained, and pakistan does not change the fact that the inspiration for all of this comes from al qaeda and al qaeda's leadership is based in the remotest areas on the afghanistan/pakistan border. so we concluded without any dissent that this was a national security issue. we could not walk away from it. the second question was therefore, what do we do about it? the answer has been laid out in a serious of speeches and public states by president obama march 27th and december of last year were the two major statements. but ther
and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in...
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analyze that for us. guest: again, when people start feeling more optimistic they actually come into the labor market. so if they're not hearing that their friends are getting jobs, if they don't see any help wanted signs, then maybe you say, maybe i'll stay home. even though we lost 85,000 jobs we didn't get a higher unemployment rate because the job pool -- the labor pool didn't grow because people are still that discouraged. and, you know, sometimes people just think, you know what, i am going to shovel drives for the winter. i don't feel like leaving the house. gas is so expensive. i am not going to drive around looking for work. host: it actually effects the national economy? guest: it helps hold down the guest: it helps hold down the unemployment so that we had a better looking number. how many people are sitting at home underemployed, and not getting raises, not getting bonuses. this is a grim picture for workers. this is an ongoing problem that the administration has to address. host: grisorevisio
analyze that for us. guest: again, when people start feeling more optimistic they actually come into the labor market. so if they're not hearing that their friends are getting jobs, if they don't see any help wanted signs, then maybe you say, maybe i'll stay home. even though we lost 85,000 jobs we didn't get a higher unemployment rate because the job pool -- the labor pool didn't grow because people are still that discouraged. and, you know, sometimes people just think, you know what, i am...
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i cheered. >> use diet? >> did you see it? >> he started off the first question-- >> you have a new book if i am to believe the press, called "my paper chase" true stories of vanished times. you, sir r. anitere, former editor of two of the greatest newspapers in the world, "the sunday times," the times of london. your actually old enough to remember the mandrell and empire. [laughter] and yet you don't write this book until you are 81 years old. did you not accomplish anything until you are late '70s? [laughter] >> i couldn't very wellspring out of the whelm with the form of a newspaper in my hand. my life was writing and editing newspapers and books, and then don't forget, every story, every night had to have a climax and now the climaxes tonight. i am on the colbert report. [applause] >> the next edition will have me in it. >> my book is available as mr. gore would say at friendly local bookstores at a ridiculously ridiculous price which does not reflect the blood, sweat, tears and sacrifice. >> i liked him. he made me laugh
i cheered. >> use diet? >> did you see it? >> he started off the first question-- >> you have a new book if i am to believe the press, called "my paper chase" true stories of vanished times. you, sir r. anitere, former editor of two of the greatest newspapers in the world, "the sunday times," the times of london. your actually old enough to remember the mandrell and empire. [laughter] and yet you don't write this book until you are 81 years old. did...
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many of us buy insurance to protect us from those risks. insurance companies can never fully protect from the emotional traumaof an auto acc never protect whoof from the emotional trauma of an auto accident, and so farmers insurance and the other members of the advocates, the other insurance company members believe that passing effective laws will do the work policyholders a favor we cannot do to them. i think they would much rather avoid the accident than have us pay for it. they would much rather have that day back before the trauma. before a legislative action to prevent people from risking the lives of responsible people, the type of action you see in the 2009 stand-up act we would all be exposed to even more unnecessary risks. , the technology will bring us there. so i ask you to take a moment and take a bold journey with me if you close your eyes and think about being at night on a two-lane road driving the speed limit 45, 55 miles an hour and driving one direction while a car comes the other direction and as one author called this a
many of us buy insurance to protect us from those risks. insurance companies can never fully protect from the emotional traumaof an auto acc never protect whoof from the emotional trauma of an auto accident, and so farmers insurance and the other members of the advocates, the other insurance company members believe that passing effective laws will do the work policyholders a favor we cannot do to them. i think they would much rather avoid the accident than have us pay for it. they would much...
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to each of us it was not sufficient that she raised and nurtured us. we all want this and i mean this literally, we wanted her to raise our children and our grandchildren and our great grandchildren because we knew -- we new mom could give them something we couldn't at least not in the same measure. those intangibles, confidence, balance, the feeling of absolute security and unconditional love and a total sense of what it meant to be family. consequently i don't think that -- i mean this literally i don't think there is a week that went by from the time boe was born until the time her youngest grandson, nick, spent the night with her, that there wasn't one of our children in her home stay in the night. we ferried them back and forth. we did it because we really did know if they were new mum mum they would get that special thing. mum mum had a six -- sixth sense. she had a way. we desperately wanted each of our children to feel that. .. she taught us to be respectful toward everyone, but deferential to no one. our mother was proud on the edge of the fin
to each of us it was not sufficient that she raised and nurtured us. we all want this and i mean this literally, we wanted her to raise our children and our grandchildren and our great grandchildren because we knew -- we new mom could give them something we couldn't at least not in the same measure. those intangibles, confidence, balance, the feeling of absolute security and unconditional love and a total sense of what it meant to be family. consequently i don't think that -- i mean this...
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against us. the odds are always in the terrorist favor. there is no question about that. that said, it seems to me that does not and shouldn't be used to prevent failures. one of the additional things to me that seems is commendable about the president's response to this which it doesn't say in the beginning is unlike the typical government response or maybe i did say it but it is worth underscoring hear the president in contrast to the initial statement on secretary napolitano's part which she said was misconstrued and i take her at her word wishes of the system works the president's consistent saying the system failed and was a catastrophic failure particularly catastrophic failure and there were doubts the could have been connected and should have been connected that were not just clear in hindsight but were clear at the time just a couple of quick examples of that and to mention one in particular paul mentioned, the nsa intercepts that a nigerian was being prepared for attacks in the united s
against us. the odds are always in the terrorist favor. there is no question about that. that said, it seems to me that does not and shouldn't be used to prevent failures. one of the additional things to me that seems is commendable about the president's response to this which it doesn't say in the beginning is unlike the typical government response or maybe i did say it but it is worth underscoring hear the president in contrast to the initial statement on secretary napolitano's part which she...
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so, let us begin. to the candidates, president obama and democrats in congress are now in the final stages of hammering out a national health care bill. there is a very real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill or its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote as a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here and i went thank kennedy institute and boston. thank you for the question. the health care bill proposed in washington is broken. the backroom deals, nebraska, louisiana we all know about it. we need to start over. we have health care already in massachusetts. 90% of the people are already in short. we did it with the help of the senate president and others. we don't need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts. half a trillion dollars cut from medicare, you're going to look at blogger lines and less coverage. we know we need to reform pricing and
so, let us begin. to the candidates, president obama and democrats in congress are now in the final stages of hammering out a national health care bill. there is a very real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill or its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote as a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here and i went thank kennedy institute and...
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we didn't just use the term leadership. we use the term officer ship. if you look on page six and seven of our report we say specifically what we think happened here. we believe that some of the signs were clearly messed or they were ignored. i can't tell you which, and i can't go further than that because of the nature of the restrictions that -- the information that is in the restricted annex. but there is no doubt in my mind or secretary west's mind that there are issues here and if there were not so we would not have said that to the secretary defense. with regard to the intelligence matters -- we did not do the intelligence review. the president had already outlined and authorized a review and we were giving specific guidance do not interfere. with that said, mr. chairman, since the review team began this action there's been a number of things in the public domain that tell us there is agreement that the dissemination of information process needs to be improved and there was a release on friday by the fbi that talked about the improvements that are
we didn't just use the term leadership. we use the term officer ship. if you look on page six and seven of our report we say specifically what we think happened here. we believe that some of the signs were clearly messed or they were ignored. i can't tell you which, and i can't go further than that because of the nature of the restrictions that -- the information that is in the restricted annex. but there is no doubt in my mind or secretary west's mind that there are issues here and if there...
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he has made it very clear to those of us serving in his cabinet that he not only wants us to do the best job we possibly can running our own agencies but feels that it is a wasted opportunity if we are not leveraging our assets with our allies the iraq government so there is a lot of very exciting interagency work going on. i work on a very regular basis with everybody from the attorney general to the secretary of education and housing and urban development secretary in ways that really have never happened before. everybody in our agency acknowledges that. while there has always been some talk about this kind of collaborative effort it really has never been systemically approached and it is a commitment that we are making throughout the government. so we have interdepartmental partnerships their interagency council on homelessness which many of you are working on and are familiar with. to the juvenile justice coordinating council which actually meets later today, through various interagency working groups on youths that meet on a regular basis and we are doing what we can to make sure th
he has made it very clear to those of us serving in his cabinet that he not only wants us to do the best job we possibly can running our own agencies but feels that it is a wasted opportunity if we are not leveraging our assets with our allies the iraq government so there is a lot of very exciting interagency work going on. i work on a very regular basis with everybody from the attorney general to the secretary of education and housing and urban development secretary in ways that really have...
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that used to keep us safe from bioterrorism in the 60's and 70's and early 80's. unfortunately the technical revolution that so much better life today in many aspects also provides that. the pathogens you would need to make a biological weapon you can get from nature. virtually everyone except the 1918 influenza and smallpox. all the other ones you can get. ted turner lost 176 buffalo in the summer of 2008 on his ranch because the cows had eaten in the long pasture. it was endemic in the united states, you can harvest this from nature. the equipment needed to weapon is the day the capacitance you can buy on the internet for probably less than what he would spend on a good used car. that's what made the difference. we know the motivation is there but technology makes it available for terrorists. >> the chairman mentioned there is a bottleneck with the nuclear site which gives an advance. they have to get enough nuclear terror and then make it into a bomb which is within their capability that is harder than what an icing. now the flip side of this you can prepare fo
that used to keep us safe from bioterrorism in the 60's and 70's and early 80's. unfortunately the technical revolution that so much better life today in many aspects also provides that. the pathogens you would need to make a biological weapon you can get from nature. virtually everyone except the 1918 influenza and smallpox. all the other ones you can get. ted turner lost 176 buffalo in the summer of 2008 on his ranch because the cows had eaten in the long pasture. it was endemic in the united...
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more plain -- pain from unemployment lies ahead of us stand behind us. deep recession and protracted recovery mean lower tax revenues and higher outlays for certain benefit programs. cbo estimates the automatic stabilizers will increase the budget by more than 2 percent gdp of 2010 and 2011. and -- in addition the fiscal stimulus package to increase by roughly 2% by gdp this year and smother about next year. as the economy recovers and automatic stabilizers fadeaway budget deficit will shrink relative to gdp although the deficit remains large under current law and of current law is changed that more quickly changes current policy the amount of government borrowing would be unprecedented in the postwar period a large and persistent imbalance between federal spending and revenue is apparent in the projection over the next 10 years and will be exacerbated a coming decades by the aging population and rising cost of health care. that stems from policy choices over many years. as a result u.s. fiscal policy at an unsustainable path to the extent that cannot be
more plain -- pain from unemployment lies ahead of us stand behind us. deep recession and protracted recovery mean lower tax revenues and higher outlays for certain benefit programs. cbo estimates the automatic stabilizers will increase the budget by more than 2 percent gdp of 2010 and 2011. and -- in addition the fiscal stimulus package to increase by roughly 2% by gdp this year and smother about next year. as the economy recovers and automatic stabilizers fadeaway budget deficit will shrink...
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to us. detrick of course is knowing which tool you need at which time. i did not think a strategy of negotiation only with the taliban is going to be effective at all. but, here i think we are on the right policy track. i think the surge in afghanistan constitutes the hammer. you can bring that down on the rock of the taliban and their allies, and you start to open up some cracks and fissures. once that happens, then i think engagement and reconciliation makes sense and has a prospect of success. but, if your enemy thinks he is winning, he is not likely to be inclined to reconciliation or accommodation, so first we have got to change the strategic logic in afghanistan, as we did successfully in iraq. reconciliation and accommodation. host: the use of money in this situation, bringing the taliban in, paying them to become part of the afghan government -- talk about that. why is that a strategy to use? guest: the taliban is not a government, not monolithic. it is various constituents with diff
to us. detrick of course is knowing which tool you need at which time. i did not think a strategy of negotiation only with the taliban is going to be effective at all. but, here i think we are on the right policy track. i think the surge in afghanistan constitutes the hammer. you can bring that down on the rock of the taliban and their allies, and you start to open up some cracks and fissures. once that happens, then i think engagement and reconciliation makes sense and has a prospect of...
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but here is the experiment i would like us to conduct. >> do you use to work at the imf? so the stamp of approval is not necessarily a good thing? >> not necessarily a good thing. [laughter] i want to have a thought experiment. supposing we had started this crisis, we went into this crisis at 60% of the debt to gdp and added 40% roughly 100% of gdp that i think what spoke psychologically might spook markets and the other contrast i have is china went into this crisis with public debt 20% of gdp, and in some ways the chinese were highly affected by the crisis because there was exporting so much that when the demand collapsed in the world economy their exports took a beating. but because the public debt to the gdp was so low the the fiscal ammunition to throw everything at the problem to recover and from my own country india is 80% of gdp wasn't able to do the same thing so while i think 60% is a good target to aim i think looking experience in this crisis, you know, and good times especially if we get growth going forward i would be much more comfortable with something eve
but here is the experiment i would like us to conduct. >> do you use to work at the imf? so the stamp of approval is not necessarily a good thing? >> not necessarily a good thing. [laughter] i want to have a thought experiment. supposing we had started this crisis, we went into this crisis at 60% of the debt to gdp and added 40% roughly 100% of gdp that i think what spoke psychologically might spook markets and the other contrast i have is china went into this crisis with public...
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which is hopefully of greater use than just this one application but could be used in other situations around the world. there has been some criticism in the vietnamese press and from the vietnamese government about the speed at which this cleanup program has proceeded however my impressions have been that by and large the relationship between the u.s. entities and vietnamese entities are involved in this containment and clean-up activity has been fairly good and fairly successful. moving than to the health care issue then things start getting a little more problematic and a part of the big issue is the act will scope or scale of the issue is really are known. if you look at vietnamese figures, we have already heard the figure of 400,000 deaths attributable to exposure to the agent orange by oxen, the vietnamese themselves, but the figure of 4.8 million people in to get mom that have health or medical problems associated with exposure to dioxin and agent orange, and one recent media reports put that in your estimated cost of dealing with health effects of agent orange dioxin at $30 bil
which is hopefully of greater use than just this one application but could be used in other situations around the world. there has been some criticism in the vietnamese press and from the vietnamese government about the speed at which this cleanup program has proceeded however my impressions have been that by and large the relationship between the u.s. entities and vietnamese entities are involved in this containment and clean-up activity has been fairly good and fairly successful. moving than...
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thank you all for joining us. my colleagues and i will hang around here for the next half-hour or so if anyone wants to talk further. thanks a lot. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> i am always concerned about the potential unforeseen consequences, unintended consequences of regulations. regulations of any kind act as a tax and when you tax or regulate something you tend to get less and tend to diminish it. >> this weekend on "the communicators" it's easy co create a national broadband plan, net neutrality in the wireless industry. saturday at 6:30 p.m. on c-span. >> now a discussion on immigration and the economy including a report on the economic effect of allowing illegal immigrants to gain legal status. this hour-long event is hosted by the center for american progress and the american immigration council. >> if everyone could take a seed we are going to get started. good morning and welcome to the center for american progress. my name is angela kelley and i'm the vice president for advocacy here. i will
thank you all for joining us. my colleagues and i will hang around here for the next half-hour or so if anyone wants to talk further. thanks a lot. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> i am always concerned about the potential unforeseen consequences, unintended consequences of regulations. regulations of any kind act as a tax and when you tax or regulate something you tend to get less and tend to diminish it. >> this weekend on "the communicators" it's easy co create a...
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this is us. at the very least we tolerate what does not hurt us. i can not find any way that same sex marriage will hurt the marriages of other people or hurt the residents of the district of columbia. >>> we'll be right back with d.c. congresswoman . >>> police are still searching this morning for a stolen car that they say had a security guard's gun inside it. investigators say someone stole the blue 2003 jaguar around 6:00 last evening in the 9100 block of central avenue in capitol heights. the security guard was standing outside of the car when another man jumped in and drove away. >>> family and friends pay their final respects to the cia agent killed in a suicide bombing in afghanistan nearly two weeks ago. harold brown jr. was laido rest in massachusetts yesterday. the 37-year-old lived in northern virginia for the past several years. he leaves behind his wife and three young children. >>> bitter cold continues to grip our area but the freezing conditionsid not stop people from hitting the streets. people braved the cold to jog, ride their s
this is us. at the very least we tolerate what does not hurt us. i can not find any way that same sex marriage will hurt the marriages of other people or hurt the residents of the district of columbia. >>> we'll be right back with d.c. congresswoman . >>> police are still searching this morning for a stolen car that they say had a security guard's gun inside it. investigators say someone stole the blue 2003 jaguar around 6:00 last evening in the 9100 block of central avenue in...
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to us. we'll stay cold today and tonight. tomorrow, a little bit of an improvement coming our way, but there's a little clipper dropping through the great lakes. and as that swings through here, late monday night into the early morning hours of tuesday morning, we could get a little light snow west of the blue ridge and could even see some snow flurries here in the washington area. after midnight, monday night, and probably before daybreak on tuesday morning. today, mostly sunny, still quite cold. windchills will stay in the upper teens to near 20 this afternoon, but the warming trend is beginning tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow's high, 36. tuesdas high, 37. again, with a chance of some snow flurries around, late monday night, early tuesday morning. doesn't look like it's going to be anything tangible, just the conversational snowflakes. by wednesday, thursday, and friday, temperatures actually warmer than average for the first time since january the 1st. >> and like you said, being a little be
to us. we'll stay cold today and tonight. tomorrow, a little bit of an improvement coming our way, but there's a little clipper dropping through the great lakes. and as that swings through here, late monday night into the early morning hours of tuesday morning, we could get a little light snow west of the blue ridge and could even see some snow flurries here in the washington area. after midnight, monday night, and probably before daybreak on tuesday morning. today, mostly sunny, still quite...
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stay with us. chuck bell will be back with your forecast and when things might warm up. >>> yesterday was cold and then i woke up and stepped outside. >> yesterday morning was a vacation compared to today. very cold outside this morning. even colder than yesterday morning. this time yesterday we were in the mid-20s. today we're in the mid-to-upper teens across the area. the wind has gone a whole lot of nowhere during the overnight hours. usually a wind like a gentleman goes to bed at sunset. >> didn't know that saying. >> it's an old saying. you're not an old person. that wind did not go to bed at all last night. it stayed up all night long. the wind will blow again all day today, probably won't ease up until after sundown this evening. be ready for a bundle up kind of afternoon. on your sunday morning, generally clear sky overhead. no precipitation in the forecast. that's welcomed news because of course it would be frozen just like the rest of us down here. 17 degrees our current temperature in d.
stay with us. chuck bell will be back with your forecast and when things might warm up. >>> yesterday was cold and then i woke up and stepped outside. >> yesterday morning was a vacation compared to today. very cold outside this morning. even colder than yesterday morning. this time yesterday we were in the mid-20s. today we're in the mid-to-upper teens across the area. the wind has gone a whole lot of nowhere during the overnight hours. usually a wind like a gentleman goes to...
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thanks for joining us. what can you tell us about when this happened and how it happened? >> as eun said that jim zorn has been let go, it happened early this morning upon the team's return from san diego. the team landed around 2:00 a.m. and i'm told zorn was packing up his things with team officials waiting for him there at redskins park. so, wha we know from being in san diego with the team last night is that they had scheduled an 11:00 a.m. player availability for this morning. they also have scheduled an 11:30 meeting that players assumed would be zorn's address of the team and then zorn himself was scheduled to have his availability, which he always does at 12:25, which i said is his normal time. it's not expected and likely he'll be back in the building after leaving or if he already left this morning. so, that's the latest. >> lindsay, any idea when we might hear about a new coach for the redskins? >> i think that's the million dollar question. obviously, rumors have been swirling for so long about this. and i wouldn't say that it's out of the realm of possibility
thanks for joining us. what can you tell us about when this happened and how it happened? >> as eun said that jim zorn has been let go, it happened early this morning upon the team's return from san diego. the team landed around 2:00 a.m. and i'm told zorn was packing up his things with team officials waiting for him there at redskins park. so, wha we know from being in san diego with the team last night is that they had scheduled an 11:00 a.m. player availability for this morning. they...
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that's the word i was going to use. only one thing worse than the cold, and that's the strong winds blowing the cold right into your face. in fact, there was a strong winds in the northeast over the weekend. there were flight delays, two hours or more, from boston down to d.c. matt, i know you'll feel our pain on the plaza in just a little bit. >> we're feeling your pain right now. sorry about that, jeff. we appreciate it. overnight the temperatures dipped below zero in minneapolis, minnesota where we find the the weather channel's mike seidel. mike, what about the wind chill there, how is it going? >> it's cold out here, nine below zero here. the wind chill now, 22 below zero. and even though it's cold, we're more than 20 degrees above our record low this morning of about 30 below zero. international falls, talk about a bitter weekend, set records saturday and sunday, nearly 40 below. it's cold all across the country, as jeff mentioned. take you out to chicago, where they were bundled up yesterday against the chill and
that's the word i was going to use. only one thing worse than the cold, and that's the strong winds blowing the cold right into your face. in fact, there was a strong winds in the northeast over the weekend. there were flight delays, two hours or more, from boston down to d.c. matt, i know you'll feel our pain on the plaza in just a little bit. >> we're feeling your pain right now. sorry about that, jeff. we appreciate it. overnight the temperatures dipped below zero in minneapolis,...
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it's not fair to us. many women usually -- >> if you're like me, you're not part of a couple eating this, it's just me. i had a couple of these last night. >> you cannot split a pizza if you're a couple. she definitely has to downsize her pizza, thin crust veggie with light cheese, 150 a slice versus 250 for that. get two different pizzas and eat them together. >> blot the pizza and you save -- >> 120 calories. >> that's the biggest pizza we've ever seen. >> we're talking about portions. costcoo, people go to stores that sell in bulk and think i'm going to save money, get a ton of snacks, cereals, et cetera. >> the costco effect. if you stockpile your snacks you'll eat 92% more without realizing it. keep a food journal or take a sticky note, put th date you open the package. when you go to recycle it or throw it out, you'll see how quickly you went through it. you might be better off spending extra money on a smaller portion. >> or going more frequently to the store. >> pms cravings. >> what? >> you knew
it's not fair to us. many women usually -- >> if you're like me, you're not part of a couple eating this, it's just me. i had a couple of these last night. >> you cannot split a pizza if you're a couple. she definitely has to downsize her pizza, thin crust veggie with light cheese, 150 a slice versus 250 for that. get two different pizzas and eat them together. >> blot the pizza and you save -- >> 120 calories. >> that's the biggest pizza we've ever seen. >>...
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will he use this to build a party? there have been numerous attempts by different factions to form opposition. that is a key part of any functioning political system. he seems to have the mantle because he got all of these votes. he did a very good job at personal party based candidacy. he got a lot of support that was unexpected. that would be one way to start parties even if the voting system does not favor it. it is something to watch. it is ultimately an area that international assistance can be given. there is definitely room to work on that. >. . in afghanistan. > there are very public disagreements within the un about how to handle that. there is a lot of attention and energy, it made it more complicated for the u.n. to respond to those problems. i think is important to remember i think is important to remember that the u.n. has to be and completely impartial and processes -- anything that puts unquestioned -- this impartiality in doubt, it makes it hard for us to do our job properly. what we are officially advo
will he use this to build a party? there have been numerous attempts by different factions to form opposition. that is a key part of any functioning political system. he seems to have the mantle because he got all of these votes. he did a very good job at personal party based candidacy. he got a lot of support that was unexpected. that would be one way to start parties even if the voting system does not favor it. it is something to watch. it is ultimately an area that international assistance...
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let us begin. president obama and members in congress are now in final -- the final stage of having out a national health-care bill. there is a real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill for its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote on a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you and a pleasure to be here. i think the institute. i thank you for your question. the health care bill being proposed in washington is broken by the bad deal -- by the back room deals. we need to start over. we have health care here in massachusetts. 98% of our people are already insured. we have done it. we do not need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts, spending $500 million on medicare? we know we need to reform and that is something we're going to be doing very shortly. to think that we need of one size fits all plan from congress, coming down here and hurting what we have? that is one
let us begin. president obama and members in congress are now in final -- the final stage of having out a national health-care bill. there is a real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill for its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote on a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you and a pleasure to be here. i think the institute. i thank you for your question. the health...
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they are using it as a sanctuary. . . is that your question? >> there is increasing evidence if you want to break it down of the and working together, so i did not know if one girl -- one goal is to focus on -- you are saying we have to get rid of -- >> it is very clear one goal is to help pakistan understand the taliban threat is real and to take action against the afghan taliban in pakistan korean -- pakistan kerrigan -- in pakistan. i do not believe they have moved to the point. frankly, i believe it is the source of conjecture among many people us to when they will begin taking action against the afghan taliban. >> i agree with everything mike said and would add one point. i think to the extent of both pakistan and afghanistan believe we're going to be your and not begin to exit in 2011, the attractiveness of ignoring the afghan taliban in pakistan goes down. >> i wonder if you could tell us to the general was. >> i will tell you that we ask the question of the detainee issue, and i think it is not in any way to say the situation is confusi
they are using it as a sanctuary. . . is that your question? >> there is increasing evidence if you want to break it down of the and working together, so i did not know if one girl -- one goal is to focus on -- you are saying we have to get rid of -- >> it is very clear one goal is to help pakistan understand the taliban threat is real and to take action against the afghan taliban in pakistan korean -- pakistan kerrigan -- in pakistan. i do not believe they have moved to the point....
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they owed us a lot of money. they literally gave us the cash, in our possession, with respect to the mark to market losses. with respect to the difference, we held the cash. during the period, 32008, we were marking to market, as were our regimen, and we were one of the most aggressive in that, because that was our regiments, and they became very slow in giving margins, such that there was a gap. as a result of our protocol, which does not allow us to take a certain amount of risk, we went out and bought our own protection against their credit, such that the combination of literally the cash that we had and the credit derivatives we had from other big financial institutions -- we also had a margin. we had the cash from them, effective recovering what would have been the loss. >> what was the total -- effectively covering what would have been the loss. >> what was the total? >> about $10 billion of exposure, against which i think we had $7.50 billion in cash, literally cash, and $2.50 billion of credit protection.
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to rely on us. the question is whether we will lose data to the wrong people. your question comes about because you do not trust us to be affected managers of what we're doing, right? we are not. we have given you lots of examples of why we are not. think about it. do we share information with the royal navy? yes. do you worry about that? do you worry about it? >> [unintelligible] çó>> all i want you to do is gea balanced source of news. i listen to fox, too. butñr you have to balance the source of news that you get to give perspective. fox is not right all the time and neither is bill o'reilly and neither are a lot of them, but neither is the other side. here's what i do every day just so you will know. i read "the washington post" and in " the washington journal." i didn't think we have given up any sovereignty in our agreement with interpol. we have gone to the point where -- we were alienated -- where are first judgment is to doubt whether or not to have confidence. we need to turn that aroun
to rely on us. the question is whether we will lose data to the wrong people. your question comes about because you do not trust us to be affected managers of what we're doing, right? we are not. we have given you lots of examples of why we are not. think about it. do we share information with the royal navy? yes. do you worry about that? do you worry about it? >> [unintelligible] çó>> all i want you to do is gea balanced source of news. i listen to fox, too. butñr you have to...
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our nuclear shield enables us to solve all the tasks is used to solve. of course, we will be developing a new system. it is normal. the whole world is doing that. it needs to be done in the conventional framework, including taking into account our future accords and agreements with the americans. this is a process that will be continued. our nuclear shield will always be effective and adequate to protect our national interest. >> speaking of the most important and near the international subject, we have to focus on the elections in the ukraine. we have gotten away from the start date. who is our preferred russian candidate? is there one? >> based on -- most of my remarks on the ukrainian subject haverford to the -- subject have referred to the incumbent candidate. ukraine is an independent state where the president will be determined by the nation. i'm confident that the nation is capable of making sense of the political declaration and the political struggle which is under way there. there are a couple of dozen candidates there. i would very much like t
our nuclear shield enables us to solve all the tasks is used to solve. of course, we will be developing a new system. it is normal. the whole world is doing that. it needs to be done in the conventional framework, including taking into account our future accords and agreements with the americans. this is a process that will be continued. our nuclear shield will always be effective and adequate to protect our national interest. >> speaking of the most important and near the international...
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who would use it. what you might bring to it and then the different technologies that you will use to achieve that product or the manner in which you go about constructing the service that you're going to get. all of those which we basically put under the term commercialization. >> carl, one of the biggest issues, you and i talked about this at length, sometimes, is there is enormous uncertainty on health care, on cap and trade, on jobs, on elections. how are they navigating through that uncertainty? >> well, it is very difficult because i think it is a level of uncertainty, it is higher than it has been in a long, long time. history tells us loud and clear, that if nothing else in the economy doesn't work right in uncertainty, it is investment. people will not invest if you don't know what the rules are. the more i thought about this, i sometimes think that we don't understand the economy at all and just in case anybody is dying for the answer, bob lutz and i will have it out in the books. the notion,
who would use it. what you might bring to it and then the different technologies that you will use to achieve that product or the manner in which you go about constructing the service that you're going to get. all of those which we basically put under the term commercialization. >> carl, one of the biggest issues, you and i talked about this at length, sometimes, is there is enormous uncertainty on health care, on cap and trade, on jobs, on elections. how are they navigating through that...
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we didn't just use the term leadership. we use the term officer ship. if you look on page six and seven of our report we say specifically what we think happened here. we believe that some of the signs were clearly messed or they were ignored. i can't tell you which, and i can't go further than that because of the nature of the restrictions that -- the information that is in the restricted annex. but there is no doubt in my mind or secretary west's mind that there are issues here and if there were not so we would not have said that to the secretary defense. with regard to the intelligence matters -- we did not do the intelligence review. the president had already outlined and authorized a review and we were giving specific guidance do not interfere. with that said, mr. chairman, since the review team began this action there's been a number of things in the public domain that tell us there is agreement that the dissemination of information process needs to be improved and there was a release on friday by the fbi that talked about the improvements that are
we didn't just use the term leadership. we use the term officer ship. if you look on page six and seven of our report we say specifically what we think happened here. we believe that some of the signs were clearly messed or they were ignored. i can't tell you which, and i can't go further than that because of the nature of the restrictions that -- the information that is in the restricted annex. but there is no doubt in my mind or secretary west's mind that there are issues here and if there...
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a 10 be used as a bridge. -- it can be used as a bridge. but what is worrisome is that people might just rely on that, saying that i can send my e-mail and check my status, but that means i won't have to get a computer at home. because a computer at home is what allows children to get online to during -- online tutoring, what allows parents to learn more about job transitions, about health information. we do see minorities using different types of media, but the most important type of media which is going to later contributed to the economic and social mobility that we need in our community, is still lagging behind. >> how do we justify that with the generation that uses technology differently? i am listening to a cd and i hear him talking about writing these lines on an iphone. there is a generation that feels they don't need a laptop, because they have mastered the ability of typing by some, as opposed to him -- typing by thumb as opposed to hand. are we -- should we be spending more time with the relevance and the ability of them to be s
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thank you for having us. and thank you for bringing out general jones to talk about where they are going. >> thank you. >> i wanted to address one issue that was raised by the questions on the afghanistan issue. they have not overcome the difficulty from the civil war in the 1990's. i think that this is often overplayed. i was thrilled that there was one more thing that came out of the last round of elections, that no serious candidate was playing at the cards. i do not agree with the state about the impossibility of an afghan national army. this has been one of the successful highlights with the ability to work effectively together when properly trained, and given a good mission. i think this leads to a larger question. one of the big things about where we are at in afghanistan is that we have been down for so long, it looks like we are up from here. there is a tremendous amount of potential. this is in the resources and the people, and after eight years, the fact that they are still so supportive of interna
thank you for having us. and thank you for bringing out general jones to talk about where they are going. >> thank you. >> i wanted to address one issue that was raised by the questions on the afghanistan issue. they have not overcome the difficulty from the civil war in the 1990's. i think that this is often overplayed. i was thrilled that there was one more thing that came out of the last round of elections, that no serious candidate was playing at the cards. i do not agree with...
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thus more of the pain of unemployment from this downturn lies ahead of us been behind us. the deep recession and projected recovery mean under the current law lower tax revenues and higher always for certain benefit programs. cbo estimates these automatic stabilizers will increase the budget deficit by more than 2% of gdp in both 2010 and 2011. in addition cbo projects last year's fiscal stimulus package will increase the deficit by about 2% gdp and by a smaller amount next year. as averitt, economy recovers and the stabilizers and legislative policies fate awaits the budget deficit will shrink relative to gdp. however as i noted the deficit remains large throughout the decade under the current law and the current law changed in some way that more closely matches current policy the amount of government borrowing relative to gdp would be unprecedented in the post war period. a large and persistent imbalance between federal spending and revenues is apparent in cbo projections for the next ten years. and it will be exacerbated in the coming decades by the aging population and
thus more of the pain of unemployment from this downturn lies ahead of us been behind us. the deep recession and projected recovery mean under the current law lower tax revenues and higher always for certain benefit programs. cbo estimates these automatic stabilizers will increase the budget deficit by more than 2% of gdp in both 2010 and 2011. in addition cbo projects last year's fiscal stimulus package will increase the deficit by about 2% gdp and by a smaller amount next year. as averitt,...
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that has tested many of us. and forced some very difficult decisions upon the president and his team. but every step of the way, i feel very confident that as i go into any setting, i have all of you as part of the preparation and the backup, and that gives me the reassurance that we are prepared for whatever comes next. with respect to haiti, the challenges that we confront are really going to give us both the opportunity and the necessity of demonstrating what we mean by diplomacy and development working together. one without the other is truly inadequate. and my goal has been among others to elevate the role of diplomacy and development. and here we are with this terrible calamity that has forced us to do just that. one example, our aid workers under the newly, sworn-in dr. rod issue a, who i don't even know how you say had to hit the ground running, but he did. and of course our team here at state. we're scrambling as quick as we could to do everything we needed in these past two weeks, and as is often the c
that has tested many of us. and forced some very difficult decisions upon the president and his team. but every step of the way, i feel very confident that as i go into any setting, i have all of you as part of the preparation and the backup, and that gives me the reassurance that we are prepared for whatever comes next. with respect to haiti, the challenges that we confront are really going to give us both the opportunity and the necessity of demonstrating what we mean by diplomacy and...